Bogor projects cost Rp 38b

BOGOR (JP): Bogor mayor Iswara Natanegara submitted on Tuesday a list of projects worth Rp 38 billion (US$4 million) to municipal agencies to mark the start of work on development projects in the 2001 fiscal year in the mayoralty.

Iswara said the funds would be disbursed to finance 220 projects in various fields, including human resources, sociopolitics, economy, culture and the environment.

Road repairs and traffic improvement schemes account for the lion's share of the budget at Rp 8 billion, followed by education projects at Rp 6.6 billion, settlement projects at Rp 3.4 billion and projects under the authority of the sanitation and parks agency at Rp 22.6 billion.

Iswara said the number of projects and their budgetary allocation had been determined in line with the priority list already approved by the legislative council. (21)